Digitalegre: From modern masters to podcasts, America's literary innovation starts at the border

Posted:
03/25/2013 04:15:34 PM MDT

You may not at first think of the U.S. Southwest as an incubator for literary innovation until you realize that its artists know that borders are artificial and arbitrary and they can't resist crossing them.

And it is obvious El Paso, Texas, has become a key stop on the journey with the likes of literary stars Cormac McCarthy, Dagoberto Gilb, Raymond Carver, Pat Mora and José Antonio Burciaga passing through.